Nasty Habits

Nasty Habits(1977)

"Thee outrageous comedy!"

4.6/10
5 votes
96 minJanuary 28, 1977

Overview

In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.

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